BP plunged to a $5.7 billion annual loss in 2020, its first in a decade, as the pandemic took a heavy toll on oil demand, with fuel consumption continuing to slide so far this year amid global travel restrictions. For the final quarter of 2020, BP reported a profit of …
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In a reckless move characteristic of his leadership, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, known as MBS, spurred an oil crisis this week that cratered financial markets and could devastate American oil producers. After Saudi Arabia indicated it will massively ramp up oil production, oil prices experienced their biggest one …
Read More »Big Oil`s Big Bet on Natural Gas
Gas has been one of the headwinds impacting earnings for the majors.
Read More »OPEC Risks Gambling Away Success again as US$80 Oil Looms
OPEC and its partners launched a new round of output cuts at the beginning of the year.
Read More »White House Is Reportedly Considering Replacing Rick Perry at the Energy Department
Manchin. who was briefly considered for Secretary of Energy. is up for reelection in 2018 in a state that had voted for Trump in the 2016 US presidential election by a wide margin.
Read More »Senators Urge Trump to Avoid Blockade of Venezuela Oil Shipments
A drilling boom in the United States has allowed the government to store more oil than it needs to meet international spare supply agreements.
Read More »Tillerson Gets an Oil Industry Award. Says He Misses His Former Colleagues
The former ExxonMobil chief expressed his gratitude and said he misses the oil industry.
Read More »Albayrak: Turkey A Reliable Partner for Energy Projects
TANAP is scheduled to begin carrying 16 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually in 2018 or 2019 from Azerbaijan.
Read More »Iran Is Boosting Its Oil Production
In the 2016-2017 Iranian year that ended in March. Iran shipped 780 million barrels of crude oil from the Kharg terminal.
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